Making Cookies

Payton is always wanting to help out in the kitchen and I have to admit that I am not the most patient at letting her when it comes dinner time.  Ha!  Ha!  Usually I try to divert her attention by asking her to set the table.  :o)

Anyway, I thought it would be fun to make Easter cookies for our play date Friday.  Payton was all for it.  I premeasured all the ingredients again so that she could just dump them in.  I can't believe I never thought to do that before seeing my friend Cassy do it.  Thank you Cassy!

Payton loved the decorating part.  I think we made like 30 cookies and she used all the sprinkles we had on those 30 cookies.  Yikes!  After sampling I will admit they are messy.  Sprinkles go everywhere.

Tubes

It was decided that Lincoln needed ear tubes, and today was the big day.  He was a champ!  They didn't even need to give him a sedative to calm him down so he wouldn't freak out when they took him from us.

He took one look at the stuffed bear and coloring they set out for him and was happy.  Everyone there was so nice and they took great care of us.

Only 15 minutes past from the time they wheeled him in to surgery to the time they came and got us to be with him waking up.

The only time I was nervous was when they were leading us back to recovery.  I noticed one of the areas seemed to be having some action.  I couldn't see into it because of the curtains but when the lady leading us back stopped in front of it, I immediately thought something was wrong.  Fortunately, the action was only because Lincoln was waking up and didn't want the nurse holding him.  Ha!  Ha!

Lincoln was very sad until we got home and put him down for a nap.  I think he was just disoriented.  When he woke up he was as good as new.  Running all over, wouldn't have thought he had had surgery that very morning.

I hope this puts an end or at least lessens all those ear infections.

Easter Egg Hunt - The Practice

I was trying to come up with some fun activities for the playdate at our house this Friday.  That is when I decided to kick off the easter season with some easter activities.  :o)

Payton and Lincoln were more than happy to help me test out the best hiding spots in our backyard.  It is so funny watching little kids hunt for eggs.  They have tunnel vision.  If they see an egg they usually only see that egg and not the one six inches right above it. 

I was even suprised at Lincoln's enthusiasm over hunting easter eggs.

Stockings

We (Payton and Lincoln, my sister and her two kids, and my mom) went shopping today.  I love shopping in Gilroy.  We spent the afternoon at the outlets looking for a variety of things.  I love the Factory Brand Shoe Store, I always find way cute tennis shoes for the kids there. 

Today, Payton was wearing sandals and I forgot to bring socks with.  The best I could do for making sure the shoes would fit was grab a couple of those nylon stocking they have for you to use when trying on dress shoes.  I know, why bother but Payton thought they were the greatest thing and made sure that we took home her "new socks". 

When she was showing her daddy her new shoes her "new socks" fell out of the box.  Lincoln grabbed onto one and when Dave saw what it was put it on Lincoln's head.  It cracked me up.  For the next half hour or so he kept taking it off and wanting Dave to out it back on again.

The things that entertain this boy never cease to amaze me.

Ben's Birthday

Today we celebrated Ben's 1st birthday.  Ben is my good friend, Aimee's baby boy.  I can't believe all of our babies are turning one.  They are getting so big.  Yikes! 

Payton was so excited to go to Ben's birthday party and even picked out a little gift for him, a blue stuffed elephant.  She also insisted on wearing a "party dress" and then all day went around showing everyone her "party dress".  She is so cute!

After playing and eating a yummy lunch we all headed out to the park for bubbles and cupcakes.  Both were a hit!  Lincoln was so cute running around saying, "bubble, bubble".

Gotta love the cupcakes with chocolate frosting.  Ha! Ha!